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I had bought all of these with the intention of searching them for varieties and errors, it is pretty much a complete set of 55-82 original bank wrapped rolls. I opened a couple today that were tails tails and started to second guess myself. Here are some cons and pros- 1. Protection from the elements, had the intention of taking them out of the wrappers and placing them in plastic tubes 2. Search for high dollar varieties. 3. They are probably worth more in the wrappers. 4. Oh what fun it would be to search these!! I placed an order with a seller I know to finish off the set for the 55-82 and will be finishing off the 50-55 at the end of the year. I am looking for an seller for the 83-2007, those should be a little less money. So would you keep an OBW collection in its wrappers or would you let them puppies breathe!   |
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It's all about having fun! Rip them open and enjoy......  |
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Open them. Your sanity is well worth it. It will drive you crazy, if you don't.
Jim
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Its a toss up ! the red and white rolls might as well be opened ,,but if any of those are Fed rolls the stakes get a little higher .
Those rolls in original unwrapped condition are becoming fairly scarce and the value will contiue to rise for them .
But then on the other hand those are the ones likely to contain some nice coins for the error/ variety searcher .
Metalman
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Metalman, Ya, some are pretty pristine rolls, here are a few of them, the Seattle Fed Reserve Bank one is 1969-S. There is an 1955,72,43D and some other highly sought after rolls in there.  These are a few of my babies, I think I will keep these in their wrappers, they range from 1954S-63.  I am torn between the fun side of searching and the investment side. Edited by chrsb
12/15/2007 12:37 pm
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one thing to keep in mind when deciding is if you can see the date clearly in the rolls and most of the details the rest of the coins will be likely the same ,,no varieties showing ,,odds are that none are in the roll, same with errors ,,besides possibly an incomplete planchet .
you maybe able to either decide to or not based on that one coin which is visable .
Thats a nice roll collection ! I'm proud to have seen them !
Metalman
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I couldn't resist, I'd crack them open in a heartbeat. Never know what you my find for your main collection, could be some nice upgrades not to mention the possible errors and varieties.
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Bust those puppies open! You may find a coin worth more than all the rolls combined... like the 1969S Double Die found in a roll not long ago.
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*LOL*
The dilemmas this hobby brings.
Pop them open and take a look. It'll drive ya crazy if ya don't
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I'd rip them out! No doubt about that! Ohh, what fun!
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No brainier, rip them out.
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I think I will start with the ones that I have multiples of and are common rolls or loose and probably already been searched. There are a number of memorials that are common wrapped with the brown red or red white and really are not OBW. Most (90%) of the memorials I only paid $3 a roll for, so no big loss. I will hold off on the Federal Reserve wrapped rolls (ie:1943D, 1955, 1969S etc) save them for special occasions. The 25c Lincoln rolls I will put away for a rainy day and maybe open the multiples of those. I just can not sit here and look at them anymore, they need to be set free!! I found this article on rolls, it is pretty interesting- http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistor...07-coins.htm |
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Metalman, My wife thinks I am crazy when she sees me looking at the rolls with my loupe, I know a few of them have varieties on the ends, the 44D has a real nice one on the end. I picked up a bank box of 64's last week, they are beautifully toned on the ends and a couple look to be DDR. As each roll comes in I check the end coins for varieties. This thread got me moving on completing the set, I finished off the missing ones from the 60's, 70's and most of the 80's really cheap (2.50-3.00 a roll). |
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Posted 12/15/2007 09:19 am
